Application deadline: Friday 21 August 2026 – 23:59 BST
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Full-time / Part-time : 35 hours per week
Contract: 1 year fixed-term with renewal option
Salary: JPY 8 – 9 million per annum depending on experience, benefits listed as below
Annual Leave: 10 days (pro rata) during the first 6 months with further increases based on length of service up to 20 days per year.
BirdLife International Tokyo is the Japanese presence of BirdLife International, the world’s oldest and largest international nature conservation partnership working to protect birds and their habitats.
Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado, is the Honorary President of BirdLife International.
We are looking for a Deputy Director whose main responsibility will be to supervise and develop the existing conservation projects of the Tokyo office and support the Tokyo office Leadership in developing projects with Japanese corporations and institutions.
In this role, you will be responsible for Programme Development/Implementation and Fundraising.
How you will do this:
Leading the effective management of back-office operations, encompassing accounting, human resources, general affairs, and IT, to support the organisation's strategic and operational objectives.
Supervising the existing conservation programmes including grant institutions.
Developing the conservation activities, for Japanese corporation’s Corporate Social Responsibility and institutions.
Responsibility for ensuring Communications work is delivered whilst coordinating with the Global communications team.
Providing support for the Chairman in the management of Tokyo office support functions.
What we are looking for:
Experience of managing support functions (HR, Finance, IT, communication).
Substantial experience in working for International Conservation NGO`s and/or relevant corporate experience.
Excellent team leader with experience in managing highly engaged teams.
Professional spoken English.
Experience in developing and leading Conservation projects is desirable.
See the full job description here.
Some of our benefits:
Workers’ Compensation Insurance, Employment Insurance, Health Insurance, Employees’ Pension Insurance, retirement benefits scheme and commuting fee are available.
Full access to LinkedIn Learning with access to more than 13,000 high-quality, on-demand courses.
Employee Assistance Programme, including access to Health Assured online health portal (webinars, nutritional advice, 4-week programmes, financial wellbeing and more).
BirdLife values a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Find out more about our Diversity statement.
We are committed to building and maintaining an inclusive and supportive culture, a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We aim to promote a more inclusive environment, which attracts all candidates and signals our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity.
We know that everyone’s needs are different. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, let us know, we’ll do our best to make it happen.
